Category: People
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Man Deliberately Drops 200 Wallets Across America To See How Honest We Are
Former NASA scientist and real-world social experiment commentator Mark Rober recently lost his wallet. If you’ve lost your wallet or purse before you know how much of a pain it is to replace everything. As a result of this experience, Mark wanted to know how honest Americans were. He then conducted a controlled wallet dropping experiment. The…
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Behind The Scenes Of Salvador Dali’s Most Scandalous Photo Shoot
In 1951, Salvador Dali, everyone’s favorite mustachioed surrealist, teamed up with Magnum photographer Philippe Halsman to create one of the most enchanting, morbid and bizarre photographs of all time. Entitled “In Voluptas Mors,” or Voluptuous Death, the black-and-white photo stars a melange of women, expertly arranged to resemble a macabre skull. Dali stands next to…
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Now You Can Stream David Bowie’s Complete Discography in a 19-Hour Playlist: From His Very First Recordings to His Last FOR FREE
We wish a had a better answer to the question “where were you when David Bowie died?” than, “sitting at my desk, staring dumbly at the computer screen.” While the ideal place to read every instant online tribute and RIP, it was hardly a memorable location to get the news that one of our era’s…
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Enter “The Magazine Rack,” the Internet Archive’s Collection of 34,000 Digitized Magazines
Before we kept up with culture through the internet, we kept up with culture through magazines. That historical fact may at first strike those of us over 30 as trivial and those half a generation down as irrelevant, but now, thanks to the Internet Archive, we can all easily experience the depth and breadth of…
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How the World Celebrated Easter in 15 Spectacular Photos
From eggs to bunnies, there are almost as many ways to observe Easter as there are countries.
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Male Photographer Reverses Gender Roles In Sexist Vintage Ads, And Some Men Don’t Like Them
The image of a perfect woman in the 1950s is familiar to all of us – a diligent wife, slaving around the house all day, preparing delicious meals for her hardworking husband, taking care of the children, and all that with a smile, of course. This image was reflected a lot in the ads of…
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Barbie Unveils 17 New Dolls Based On Inspiring Women Like Frida Kahlo
To celebrate International Women’s Day (March 8), Barbie has done something a little different. The toy brand is honoring female role models by giving them their own “Shero” and “Inspirational Women” dolls. The “Shero” collection already has dolls modeled after ballerina Misty Copeland, Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, model Ashley Graham, and gymnast Gabby Douglas. But…
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The Most Unconventionally Honest Valentine’s Day Cards For Your Lover
Looking for something a little unconventional for your lover this Valentine’s Day? For couples and romantic singles with a sense of humor or a more different approach to romance, there are fun and creative cards like these! Sure, some of them might not be the most romantic cards out there, but you’ve got to give…
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Government Conducts Experiment Giving LSD Drugs to Artist and Asking Him to Draw the Same Portrait 9 Times
These nine drawings were completed by an artist under the influence of LSD – part of a test conducted by the USA Government during its interest in psychometric drugs in the 1950s. The artist was given a dose of LSD 25 and free access to an activity box full of crayons and pencils. His subject…
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Sufferer Just Explained Why Depression Makes People So Tired, And More People Need To See It
One of our artist friends recently went to the doctor at the urging of his family to ascertain why they felt tired all the time. As it turns out, this person was suffering from depression and this was a significant contributor to their tiredness. We were curious as to why this was the case and…